Red light with a wavelength of 650 nm is shined through a diffraction grating with 4000 slits/cm. The spacing between the diffraction grating and a screen is 4.0 m. What is the physical separation in meters on the screen between the n=0 bright spot (the central one) and the n=1 bright spot?

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Red light with a wavelength of 650 nm is shined through a diffraction grating
with 4000 slits/cm. The spacing between the diffraction grating and a screen
is 4.0 m. What is the physical separation in meters on the screen between the
n=0 bright spot (the central one) and the n=1 bright spot?
1.04 m
1.20 m
0.26 m
1.08 m
Transcribed Image Text:Red light with a wavelength of 650 nm is shined through a diffraction grating with 4000 slits/cm. The spacing between the diffraction grating and a screen is 4.0 m. What is the physical separation in meters on the screen between the n=0 bright spot (the central one) and the n=1 bright spot? 1.04 m 1.20 m 0.26 m 1.08 m
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